英：[ˈsti:pl]
美：[ˈstipəl]
steeple如何读
steeple是什么意思
- n.尖塔
steeple自然拼读
stee·ple
sti pl
steeple变形
复数:steeples
第三人称单数:steeples
现在分词:steepling
过去式:steepled
过去分词:steepled
steeple扩展
steepled (adj.), steeplelike (adj.)
steeple英英释义
- n.a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
steeple词源中文解释
中古英语中的 stēpel 指的是“高大的结构，高塔”，源自古英语中的 stepel（麦西亚方言）和 stiepel（西撒克逊方言）的“高塔”，与 steap “高的，崇高的”相关，源自原始日耳曼语中的 *staupilaz，源自 *staup-（参见 steep（形容词））。从12世纪末开始，尤指“教堂上的高塔或钟楼”。
此外，这个词还指14世纪起的一种高大的女帽风格。Steeple-house（1640年代）是旧时 Quaker 教派称呼“教堂建筑物”的方式，以避免使用church，因为对他们来说，这个词有一个更狭义的意思，即“信徒团体”。
steeple词源英文解释
Middle English stepel, from Old English stēpel tower; akin to Old English stēap steep
The first known use of steeple was before the 12th century
steeple儿童词典英英释义
steer1 of 2noun
a male domestic ox castrated before sexual maturity and especially one raised for beef
an ox less than four years old
steer2 of 2verb
to direct the course or the course of : guide steer a boat steer a conversation
steer by the stars
to follow a course of action
to be guided
an automobile that steers well
steer1 of 2noun
a male domestic ox castrated before sexual maturity and especially one raised for beef
an ox less than four years old
steer2 of 2verb
to direct the course or the course of : guide steer a boat steer a conversation
steer by the stars
to follow a course of action
to be guided
an automobile that steers well
steep1 of 3adjective
having a very sharp slope : almost straight up-and-down
being or characterized by a very rapid decline or increase
too great or high
steep prices
steep2 of 3noun
a sharply sloping place
steep3 of 3verb
to soak in liquid (as for drawing out a flavor) at a temperature under the boiling point
steep tea
to undergo the process of soaking in a liquid
to fill with or involve deeply
steeped in learning
steep1 of 3adjective
having a very sharp slope : almost straight up-and-down
being or characterized by a very rapid decline or increase
too great or high
steep prices
steep2 of 3noun
a sharply sloping place
steep3 of 3verb
to soak in liquid (as for drawing out a flavor) at a temperature under the boiling point
steep tea
to undergo the process of soaking in a liquid
to fill with or involve deeply
steeped in learning
steeplenoun
a tall structure usually having a small spire at the top and built on top of a church tower
a church tower
steeplechasenoun
a race over the countryside on horses
a horse race on a special course with obstacles (as hedges and walls)
a footrace of usually 3,000 meters over hurdles and a water jump
steeplenoun
a tall structure usually having a small spire at the top and built on top of a church tower
a church tower
steeple 例句
1 Dr. Cable leaned back, making a steeple of her long, thin fingers.
2 And now I can recall the picture of the grey old house of God rising calm before me, of a rook wheeling round the steeple, of a ruddy morning sky beyond.
3 The steeple soars skyward.
尖顶高高耸立。
4 Golan said Steeple Hill was also trying to shed the preachy tone of some Christian fiction.
戈兰指出,“尖塔山”从书也试图摆脱某些基督教小说的说教气息.
5 Nate spotted crooked rooftops, the wharves jutting into the river, and too many church steeples to count.
6 The sun was down beyond the Methodist church now, and the pigeons were flying back and forth around the steeple, and when the band stopped I could hear them cooing.
7 With its soaring steeples, stained glass windows and chiming bells, it was a way more mainstream affair than the little white clapboard number that had spirited Stan away.
8 The merry flight of the bats around the steeple of First Congregational stilled, the blurred stars began to come out, and the first owl call sounded, low and sonorous.
9 He steeples his fingers again and looks around the office.
10 At twenty-five he won a three-mile steeple-chase against the most rugged competitor.
在二十五岁的时候，他在三哩越野比赛中战胜了最强壮的竞争对手。
11 “There’s a clock in the unitarial steeple. You can find out the time from that. Haven’t you got a watch on that chain?”
12 There was a gold cross on top of the steeple, and from below it looked like the tip of the cross scratched the bottom of the sky.
13 Up and up they went, and soon they were as high as the top of a church steeple above the ocean.
14 “Let us pray,” he said slowly; but Turner thought that the prayer he prayed wasn’t rising much above First Congregational’s steeple.
15 Meanwhile, Dr. Mansfield took a swig of his drink, set it down, then leaned back and formed a church steeple with his fingers.
16 They all hinge together like bats in a steeple.
他们像尖塔里的蝙蝠似的靠拢在一起.
17 But I did not think it likely that the adult crows would venture down the steeple into the church, or that they would even realize where the baby had fallen.
18 A burglar steals from the people while a church bell peals from the steeple.
教堂钟声鸣响时正是小偷行窃时.
19 On Sundays, nearly everyone gathered at the church, a hickory-colored chapel just off the highway with the small, restrained steeple common to Mormon churches.
20 A steeple tops the church.
教堂的顶端是一个尖型结构。